Incubator Support - New & Existing Incubators

The Entrepreneurs’ Programme is the Australian Government’s flagship initiative for business competitiveness and productivity at the firm level. The objective of the program is to drive business growth and competitiveness by supporting business improvement and innovation connections in targeted Growth Sectors and the commercialisation of novel products, process and services.

The objective of the New and Existing Incubators component is to:

• help develop new incubators in regional areas and/or sectors with high potential for success in international trade
• boost the effectiveness of high performing incubators, including funding support to expand their services and/or develop the innovation ecosystem
• encourage incubators to work with more data-driven start-ups that use public data as part of their business.

For a New and Existing Incubators project you can apply for a minimum grant amount of $26,000 and a maximum grant amount of $500,000, over a maximum period of 24 months. The maximum grant percentage varies depending on your project location as defined in the regional locator tool.